 Welcome to JSA TV the newsroom for tech and telecom professionals. I'm Jamie Scott of Kataya of JSA and here in Honolulu at PTC 2018. It's my dear friend, Mr. Chris Downey now the CEO of Flexential Chris welcome to JSA TV. Awesome. It's great to be here. Thanks, Jamie. It's great to have you in such exciting news So first off peak 10 Bio West two big names coming together tell us the new brand. Yeah Well, I think as you know we we closed the transaction back in August of last year and the first question And everybody's mind was what's the new name going to be because you know peak 10 plus via West obviously is not necessarily marketing friendly So so we but we also recognize that we wanted to get it right out of the gate So we we worked with a third-party consulting firm and invested really five months of research We did over 700 interviews with market participants about what was important to them You know and what they appreciated about both both legacy companies is they were coming together And so, you know, we basically ended up on Flexential, which is a combination of Flexibility and being essential in terms of the solutions that we provide to our customers There's a bit of potential in there as well So because we obviously think we got a lot of potential in a in this new combined platform going forward I love that essential flexibility and potential. I love it So here at PTC, there's a lot of buzz going on on your new hybrid edge offering Can you tell us a little bit more about this product? Yeah, so really the the hybrid edge is about bringing Bringing awareness about a lot of the capability that was already in both companies And so it's really a holistic edge computing Strategy that we're bringing to market because we have 41 data centers now across 21 markets But what people probably don't appreciate is that we've we've got this network backplane that really ties all those Facilities together and allows us to really bring our customers content to the to the edge Which is you know, the tier two markets effectively that we operate within and so, you know, we're very much In the top 50 msa's in the country We think we have the we have more market presence than any other data center operator and having a network Backplane that can that can basically provide fairly dynamic distribution capabilities really what the hybrid edge is all about And that brings me to a good question, you know with the two great companies coming together to form flexential peak 10 via West Your assets must be incredible. What is the new combined company look like in terms of locations and reach? Yeah, so we the combination really created a new nationwide Solutions provider. So we have as I mentioned 41 data center facilities across 21 markets and and those really range range from Hillsborough, Oregon where we also have two fiber cable landings coming in the NCP cable and the Hawaii key cable Which you know make make basically our our whole portfolio more relevant on a from an Asia pack perspective because We now have access to all the Asian markets as well as Australia and New Zealand But you know that reach goes from Hillsborough to Fort Lauderdale And so and you know, we like to think it everywhere in between from from a strategic perspective So it's it's the reach is is fantastic from Oregon to Florida. That sounds quite amazing And how does getting back to your your hybrid edge? What type of customers are you addressing with this? Who are you targeting and what is the market that's driving this sure? So I mean technology companies fairly broadly, you know sass providers anybody that's got dynamic content distribution requirements Just given the network resource that we have it allows a whole host of folks to get their content Whether it's credit card information to videos wherever wherever they need it in particular in in tier two markets Which are rapidly becoming almost tier one markets and in and of themselves Healthcare has also been a large Vertical for us as you can appreciate just a lot of dynamic things going on in the healthcare community Almost everything is done on a tablet these days and making sure that we can push as much content to you know To that distribution point which is you know in the palm of in the palm of our hands is critically important So healthcare is is definitely one of our more dynamic industry verticals right now We definitely here in the states need a better interconnected healthcare. So love what you're doing Now My last question for you and some something I like to ask my CEOs when they're here with me at JSA TV Looking into your crystal ball. What can we expect from Flexential in 2018? Yeah, so hopefully you hear a lot more about Flexential and we're putting a lot of effort into the new brand We really look at the combination of peak 10 and via West that we created a really a new solutions provider that people can take advantage of but As you well know, it's all about them awareness and marketing And so we want to build a lot of awareness about Flexential from a data center capacity perspective But we bring a whole host of differentiated capabilities around those data centers And so but you know, we need to make sure that the the market is aware of it So, you know, hopefully everybody will hear a lot about Flexential for for 2018 and well beyond and for sure especially led by Chris Downey a seasoned CEO in our industry at thought leader and we're excited to have you also speaking at telecom exchange so we're looking forward to having you there and We'll see Flexential a lot more 2018 if our viewers want to learn more. Where can they go? They can go to flexential.com. Everything is live as of this past Thursday. I'm very excited to To you know the broadcast the new brand really loud and proud. So Flexential.com. Thanks Chris for joining us and thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV